KONE Wins 239-Escalator Order for Wuxi Metro Line 3 KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a previous order to supply Wuxi Metro Line 2, this order consists of 99 TransitMasterTM and 140 heavy-duty escalators. Designed to meet the special requirements of…
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Liberty Elevator Experts Acquires D.C. Company Liberty Elevator Experts, based in Newark, Delaware, has acquired Technical Elevator Inspections of Washington, D.C. Technical Elevator Inspections performs compliance inspections throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. Its consulting division handles design and engineering throughout the U.S. Liberty President Chris Dodds stated: “Technical Elevator Inspections’ proven consulting services…
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Solitair Opens in Miami’s Brickell Neighborhood Solitair, a 50-story, 438-unit luxury apartment tower in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, is open and ready for move-in, Curbed Miami reported in August. The tower, developed by ZOM Living and designed by international architectural firm Stantec, features an angular, basket-weave façade inspired by the trunk of a Medjool date palm…
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New San Francisco High Rise Combines Style, Energy Savings Newly released images of a high-rise residential tower in the heart of San Francisco show a twisting design that took its inspiration from the bay windows that were popular features of the city’s early houses, ArchDaily reported in August. MIRA Tower, as the building is known,…
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New York YIMBY provides project updates from Hudson Yards and across the boroughs. Hudson Yards Second-Tallest Building Near Completion The 92-story, 1,009-ft.-tall 35 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, April and October 2014, and October 2016), the second-tallest building in the Hudson Yards development, is headed toward a 2019 completion, with new renderings that reveal stunning residential…
Read More Willis Tower Renovation Centerpiece Gets Name, Tenants The five-story, 300,000-sq.-ft. addition to Willis Tower, the centerpiece of a US$668-million renovation being undertaken by Blackstone Group, has a name and tenants, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. Catalog, an homage to the 110-story building’s past as Sears’ headquarters, will be anchored by a 14,000-sq.-ft. food hall operated by…
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Bronx-based manufacturer brings together business units, taps regional VP. GAL Becomes Vantage Elevator Solutions GAL Manufacturing Corp., headquartered in Bronx, New York, announced in September it has brought together its six business units — GAL Manufacturing Corp., GAL Canada, Hollister- Whitney Corp., Courion, Bore-Max and Elevator Controls — under a newly formed operating company, Vantage…
Read More Our cover article this month is Harmonized Elevator Dispatching and Passenger Interfaces by Rick Barker. It features a system of destination dispatching developed by Barker Mohandas, LLC being offered to the industry without restriction. The system builds on the work of Schindler’s Joris Schroder on Miconic 10, but it offers passengers freedom to communicate with…
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Preparation for the most common cause of lift breakdown can reduce downtime, even when only one technician is available. The vast majority of the millions of elevators that operate worldwide every day are reliable but getting on in years. The most common cause of lift breakdown is landing- or car-door malfunction. As moving parts that…
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Sunny skies, prizes, spirited competition are highlights of EESF fundraiser. The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) held its annual golf outing at the Gleneagles Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, on August 3 to benefit the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF). It was a great day for the outing, with plenty of sunshine for the golfers. All…
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